High-water mark
697.0628
career-best overall
96.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 697.0628 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest — 96.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2025
Fat Cap BBQ
Fat Cap BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 18th of 26 at the Currituck Bulls & BBQ (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Nov 6, 2020
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.34
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.43 · weakest Chicken (166.40)
Road miles
1,047
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,047 mi
Schedule strength
83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1609)
Purse competed for
$129K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.64 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Fat Cap BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Fat Cap BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 114 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,127 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Fat Cap BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Fat Cap BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,108 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,100 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
They were already cooking in 2015, 5 years before Fat Cap BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,088 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Level with Fat Cap BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,118 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Fat Cap BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 157.1200 | 166.40 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 158.2856 | 170.43 | top 38% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 162.2400 | 168.83 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 163.4056 | 169.98 | top 47% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 19% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currituck Bulls & BBQ | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 79% | Nov 5, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
432
finished ahead 444 times, behind 165
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Nov 5, 2021 → Nov 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- Career-best overall score697.0628 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1428 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Peak power rating (1503) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20212 milestones
- First call Currituck Bulls & BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9200 Currituck Bulls & BBQ
20201 milestone
- First tracked contest Currituck Bulls & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ | Nov 6, 2020 |
| -0.1 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ | Nov 5, 2021 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 19% | 96.8% | 96.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 93.9% | 93.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 89% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 107 / 401 (688.5140) | 337 (161.6568) | 35 (176.0116) | 119 (173.7028) | 29 (177.1428) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 19 / 158 (697.0628) | 30 (176.5600) | 30 (175.4288) | 44 (174.2628) | 74 (170.8112) |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC | 18 / 26 (675.9200) | 15 (170.2628) | 9 (171.9772) | 23 (165.1200) | 17 (168.5600) |
| Nov 6, 2020 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC | 25 / 28 (641.0512) | 28 (157.1200) | 25 (158.2856) | 22 (162.2400) | 19 (163.4056) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.